Features of Sexual Reproduction and Mating System of Ulnaria acus (Bacillariophyta)

Features of Sexual Reproduction and Mating System of Ulnaria acus (Bacillariophyta)

Sexual reproduction and mating system of the freshwater diatom Ulnaria acus (Bacillariophyta) was described for the first time. Mating system of the species includes, apparently, only heterothallic way of reproduction: during the three-year observation period neither male nor female clones have show...

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Main Authors: Yulia A. Podunay, Nickolai A. Davidovich, Maxim S. Kulikovskiy, Evgenii S. Gusev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Siberian Federal University 2018-01-01
Series:Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология
Subjects:
Ulnaria acus
mating system
sexual reproduction
gametogenesis
auxospore
Online Access:http://elib.sfu-kras.ru/bitstream/2311/67845/4/06_Podunay.pdf
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Summary:Sexual reproduction and mating system of the freshwater diatom Ulnaria acus (Bacillariophyta) was described for the first time. Mating system of the species includes, apparently, only heterothallic way of reproduction: during the three-year observation period neither male nor female clones have shown the ability to reproduce homothallically. The type of sexual reproduction is cis-anisogamous; in many details it similar with reproduction of closely related species Ulnaria ulna, Tabularia fasciculata, and Tabularia tabulata
ISSN:1997-1389
2313-5530

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